A]!fGLING IN AUSTRIA, GBEMANY 



many more, for descriptions of which and the fish, I can only 

 refer the reader to the little booklet already referred to and 

 obtainable at Innsbruck. I have always been fascinated by 

 Turner's ' Palace of the Caesars,' a dreamy, nebulous picture 

 of a splendid palace, and when you see Gastein over the foamy 

 fall and against the deep green hiUs, you will know what I mean. 



There is a charm in searching for new and unexpected angling , 

 regions ; and in this part of the world, the man with a fly-rod 

 will find an extended field. There is Dalmatia, Carniola, Mon- 

 tenegro and Eagusa on the Austrian Eiviera. One of the fine 

 rivers of Austria is blue Isonzo, which has distractions in the 

 shape of grayling, and a forty-pound trout with a ' marbled 

 skin,' the average being from six to twelve pounds. The record 

 for 1910 was a fourteen pounder. May Fly and Eed Palmer are 

 given by local anglers as the most killing flies for May and June, 

 and Black Palmer for September. Near Karfreit on the Isonzo, 

 there is a delightfal stretch of water, and a bridge, the ladra, 

 well worth the time to cross and admire. 



In Styria there are many fine Alpine streams and lakes worthy 

 the angler's attention, as Lake Putterer, and the river Enns, near 

 the Benedictine Abbey, dating back to 1074. Then there are 

 the lakes of St. Georgner, Mareiner, the Eiver Olsa, where the 

 owner of the fisheries is the Parish Church. 



The patrons of the Austrian Tyrol or the Italian Lakes cannot 

 control the climate, and rains may come and discourage the 

 angler as they do in aU places ; but if the angling is not up to 

 its best level, there is always the scenery of this wonderful land 

 of Europe. 



The streams of Germany are stocked with various kinds of 

 trout and smaU fry, often affording excellent sport. 



The Oos where it fiows through Baden abounds in trout, and 

 ihe late Leonard Finletter amused himseK by feeding them from 

 Ms seat in a hotel restaurant ; stone trout and brown trout being 

 the varieties which took his bits of meat and bread. AU of which 

 suggested a trip to the Wutach Eiver at Tiengen, about four 



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